Land and constitution in India /

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Author / Creator:Merillat, H. C. L. (Herbert Christian Laing), 1915-2010.
Imprint:New York ; London : Columbia University Press, 1970.
Description:xv, 321 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Series / Columbia University. Southern Asian Institute
Series (Columbia University. Southern Asian Institute)
Subject:Land tenure -- India -- Law.
Land reform.
Land tenure.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation.
Land value taxation.
India.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2671620
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ISBN:0231033621 : £4.50
Notes:Bibliography: p. 303-307.
Table of Contents:
  • Southern Asian Institute Series
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Setting
  • Chapter 2. The Last British Constitution for India
  • Chapter 3. The Founding Fathers
  • Chapter 4. Land as a Constitutional Tax Haven
  • Chapter 5. Land to the Tiller: the Middle-Class "Revolution"
  • Chapter 6. The First and Second Rounds the Zamindars Attack in the Courts
  • Chapter 7. The Thin, Jagged Line: Deprivation and Regulation
  • Chapter 8. Estates and "Agrarian Reform"
  • Chapter 9. Compensation Again: Bela Banerjee Revived
  • Chapter 10. Urban Development: the Debate Moves to the Cities
  • Chapter 11. Apotheosis of Fundamental Rights
  • Chapter 12. After Twenty Years
  • Postscript, 1970
  • Appendix A. Constitution of India
  • Appendix B. Government of India Act, 1935
  • Bibliography
  • List of Cases
  • Glossary
  • Index